Is 180 cm tall in Austria?

A man of 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) is taller than about 63% of men in Austria. Taller than most, but ordinary. For a woman, 180 cm is taller than 98% of women in Austria.

What is the average height of women in Austria?

Women in Austria average 164.6 cm (5 ft 5 in), with a standard deviation of 7.5 cm. About two thirds of women are between 157.1 and 172.1 cm. That ranks 30th of 186 countries for women.

How does Austria compare to United Kingdom?

Men in United Kingdom average 177.5 cm, 0.1 cm more than men in Austria. Women average 164.4 cm against 164.6 cm. United Kingdom ranks 31st, Austria 32nd.

How does Austria compare to the world average?

The global mean is 171.0 cm for men and 159.0 cm for women. Men in Austria are 6.4 cm taller than that, women 5.6 cm taller.

Average height in Austria

Men in Austria average 177.4 cm (5 ft 10 in), women 164.6 cm (5 ft 5 in). That puts Austria 32nd of 186 countries in our data.

Key numbers

Men

177.4 cm

5 ft 10 in

Women

164.6 cm

5 ft 5 in

SD, men / women

8.0 / 7.5

cm, global SD

vs global mean

+6.4 cm

women +5.6 cm

Rank, men

32 of 186

women 30 of 186

Men minus women

12.8 cm

global 12.0 cm

Austria among its neighbours

Ranking neighbours (three above and below) plus every Europe country in our data
#	Country	Men (cm)	Women (cm)	Region
1	Netherlands	182.5	168.7	Europe
2	Belgium	181.7	165.5	Europe
3	Estonia	181.6	168.7	Europe
4	Denmark	181.4	167.2	Europe
5	Latvia	181.4	169.8	Europe
6	Bosnia and Herzegovina	180.9	165.8	Europe
7	Croatia	180.8	165.6	Europe
8	Serbia	180.6	167.7	Europe
9	Iceland	180.5	165.9	Europe
10	Czechia	180.1	168.5	Europe
11	Germany	179.9	165.9	Europe
12	Slovenia	179.8	166.1	Europe
13	France	179.7	164.9	Europe
14	Norway	179.7	165.6	Europe
15	Sweden	179.7	165.7	Europe
16	Finland	179.6	165.9	Europe
17	Slovakia	179.5	167.5	Europe
19	Lithuania	179.0	166.6	Europe
20	Ireland	178.9	165.1	Europe
21	Ukraine	178.5	166.3	Europe
22	Belarus	178.4	166.3	Europe
23	Switzerland	178.4	163.5	Europe
24	Montenegro	178.3	164.9	Europe
25	North Macedonia	178.3	159.8	Europe
26	Bulgaria	178.2	164.8	Europe
28	Luxembourg	177.9	164.4	Europe
29	Italy	177.8	164.6	Europe
30	New Zealand	177.7	164.9	Oceania
31	United Kingdom	177.5	164.4	Europe
32	Austria	177.4	164.6	Europe
33	French Polynesia	177.4	164.5	Oceania
34	Greece	177.3	164.9	Europe
35	Hungary	177.3	163.7	Europe
36	Poland	177.3	164.6	Europe
41	Spain	176.6	163.4	Europe
42	Russia	176.5	165.3	Europe
44	Moldova	175.5	163.2	Europe
45	Cyprus	175.0	162.3	Europe
47	Romania	174.7	162.7	Europe
55	Turkey	174.2	160.5	Europe
63	Albania	173.4	161.8	Europe
65	Malta	173.3	160.9	Europe
68	Portugal	172.9	163.0	Europe

What counts as tall in Austria

Share of adults shorter than each height, estimated from mean and SD
Height	ft in	Shorter men	Shorter women
160 cm	5 ft 3 in	1%	27%
165 cm	5 ft 5 in	6%	52%
170 cm	5 ft 7 in	18%	76%
175 cm	5 ft 9 in	38%	92%
180 cm	5 ft 11 in	63%	98%
185 cm	6 ft 1 in	83%	>99%
190 cm	6 ft 3 in	94%	>99%
195 cm	6 ft 5 in	99%	>99%
200 cm	6 ft 7 in	>99%	>99%

Read it as: a man of 185 cm in Austria is taller than 83% of men. Values under 1% or over 99% are shown as <1 and >99.

In plain language

The standard deviation for men in Austria is 8.0 cm. In practice that means about two thirds of men stand between 169.4 and 185.4 cm, and roughly 95% between 161.4 and 193.4 cm. A man of 185 cm is taller than about 84% of men here; one of 193 cm is taller than about 98%.

Men in Austria are on average 12.8 cm taller than women. Compared with the global mean, men here are 6.4 cm taller and women 5.6 cm taller. These are means for people born in 1996, measured at 18. Older generations in most countries are shorter, by several centimetres where heights rose fast.

Questions

Is 180 cm tall in Austria?: A man of 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) is taller than about 63% of men in Austria. Taller than most, but ordinary. For a woman, 180 cm is taller than 98% of women in Austria.
What is the average height of women in Austria?: Women in Austria average 164.6 cm (5 ft 5 in), with a standard deviation of 7.5 cm. About two thirds of women are between 157.1 and 172.1 cm. That ranks 30th of 186 countries for women.
How does Austria compare to United Kingdom?: Men in United Kingdom average 177.5 cm, 0.1 cm more than men in Austria. Women average 164.4 cm against 164.6 cm. United Kingdom ranks 31st, Austria 32nd.
How does Austria compare to the world average?: The global mean is 171.0 cm for men and 159.0 cm for women. Men in Austria are 6.4 cm taller than that, women 5.6 cm taller.

NCD-RisC does not publish standard deviations. SD for countries added in 2026-10 uses the global SD. Austria is one of them, so the SD and the percentiles above use the global spread rather than one measured here.

Source: NCD Risk Factor Collaboration, eLife 2016, mean height at 18 of adults born in 1996. Percentiles on this page are our estimate from a normal distribution with the stated mean and SD.

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